Comments on: Varietal and the meet-uphttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/
wine talk that goes down easyFri, 27 Feb 2015 14:14:07 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Anonymoushttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-778
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:45:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-778Varietal is full of surprises, the food is great and you will be able to taste some amazing wines.

I will be going back!!!

]]>By: Anonymoushttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-779
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:58:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-779I stopped in here on the first weekend that it was open. The back dining room looks like a pleasant, somewhat comfortable place to dine. The front however was cheesy and somewhat kitschy with it’s enormous and poorly printed grape-on-vine photograph. The chairs in the front wine bar area were hard white plastic, uncomfortable, uninviting. The worst detail was the bar area with it’s champagne flutes dangling from the ceiling, suspended by thick conspicuous fishing line. It looks like a college student just discovered wine and wanted to decorate their inhabitants accordingly. The wine however was delicious, if not over priced. Perhaps this is the point, to create a space that is both naive but experienced. The winelist is refreshing but the decor is retro-kitsch and dated. Perhaps that is the conflict that must exist in a restaurant in order for the food and the wine to shine.
]]>By: Dr. Vinohttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-780
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:28:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-780Keith- great to meet you! See you next time!

Cheers,

Tyler

]]>By: EVWGhttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-781
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:21:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-781Thanks fo rorganizing such a cool event! I look forward to the next. Varietal is great. Nice focused wine list and the interior design is really nice as well. How about that white bar surface and the bar stoools. Slick and retro.

That’s a good point. Another way to look at it is that they actually *have* Clos Sacres by the glass. How many wine bars in America can say that?

Put Varietal on your list! Maybe you can join a future meet-up while you’re visiting NYC. All are welcome!

Cheers,

]]>By: Jackhttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-783
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:51:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-783“I had a glass of Nicolas Joly Clos Sacres and it was the last pour from a bottle opened a previous day. It was still very fresh.”

Well, that’s no surprise; this is a wine that keeps for a long time after opening.

All-in-all, I’ll have to check this place out when I next visit.

]]>By: Dr. Vinohttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-784
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:11:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-784Sounds good to me! Someone suggested Wined Up as a future destination since it is also new. But we have sooooo many great places to choose from in NYC. At one per month, we’ll be going for a long pub, er, wine bar, crawl!
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://www.drvino.com/2007/01/12/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-785
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:58:00 +0000http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2007/01/varietal-and-meet-up/#comment-785Enjoyed it — good place too.